弘贊法華傳 1.8

1.8

宋景平元年。瓦官寺沙門帛惠高。造靈鷲寺。有沙門釋惠豪。智見通敏。巧思絕倫。於中製靈鷲山圖。奇變無方。欝似覩真。其山林禽獸之形。天龍八部之狀。歷代未有。自茲始出。龕成之後。傾國來觀。後世造龕。皆以豪為式。其龕東西深三十八丈。南北四十四丈四尺。

In the first year of the Jingping era of the Song, the śramaṇa Bo Huigao of Waguan Monastery built Lingjiu Monastery. There was a śramaṇa, Shi Huihao, whose wisdom and discernment were comprehensive and sharp, and whose ingenuity was unsurpassed. Within it, he fashioned a depiction of Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain, marvelously varied beyond measure and so vivid that one seemed to be gazing upon the real scene. The forms of its mountains, forests, birds, and beasts, and the appearances of the eight classes of devas and nāgas, had never existed in past dynasties and originated from this point on. After the niche was completed, the whole state came to view it. In later generations, those who carved niches all took Huihao's as their model. The niche was thirty-eight zhang deep from east to west, and forty-four zhang four chi from north to south.